Fourth Patriarch
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The Fourth Patriarch is the traditional title given to Daoxin, an early and influential Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China who helped shape the development of the school.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fourth Patriarch canonical | 1 |
| Fourth Patriarch of Chan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth Patriarch Context triple: [Daoxin, honorificTitle, Fourth Patriarch]
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A.
Huineng
Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
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B.
Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
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C.
Shenxiu
Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
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D.
Kumārajīva
Kumārajīva was a renowned 4th–5th century Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator whose influential Chinese translations of key Mahāyāna texts profoundly shaped East Asian Buddhism.
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E.
Huike
Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fourth Patriarch Target entity description: The Fourth Patriarch is the traditional title given to Daoxin, an early and influential Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China who helped shape the development of the school.
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A.
Huineng
Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
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B.
Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
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C.
Shenxiu
Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
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D.
Kumārajīva
Kumārajīva was a renowned 4th–5th century Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator whose influential Chinese translations of key Mahāyāna texts profoundly shaped East Asian Buddhism.
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E.
Huike
Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
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Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ |
| associatedSchool | East Mountain School of Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mount Huangmei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 7th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| doctrine |
continuous practice of meditation
ⓘ
direct realization of mind ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hongren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Fourth Patriarch of Chan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourth Patriarch of Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Hongren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundation for later Zen teachings
ⓘ
influence on Chinese monastic Chan practice ⓘ |
| movement | East Mountain Teaching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on meditation practice
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helping shape the development of Chan Buddhism in China ⓘ integration of meditation with daily activities ⓘ |
| notableRole |
early Chan Buddhist leader
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systematizer of early Chan practice ⓘ |
| positionHeld | abbot ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sengcan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Buddhist monastic community ⓘ |
| religiousTitle | Fourth Patriarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | transmitter of the Chan lineage ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence | Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Hongren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyRecognizedAs | Fourth Patriarch of Chinese Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fourth Patriarch Description of subject: The Fourth Patriarch is the traditional title given to Daoxin, an early and influential Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China who helped shape the development of the school.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.